# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-morley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:34:20.988Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-morley"
name: "Paul Morley"
slug: "paul-morley"
description: "Paul Robert Morley is an English music journalist. He wrote for the New Musical Express from 1977 to 1983, and has since written for a wide range of publications and written his own books. He was a co-founder of the record label ZTT Records and was a member of the synthpop group Art of Noise. He has also been a band manager, promoter, and television presenter."
tagline: "English music journalist and music executive"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christopher_Austin_Paul_Morley.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1957-03-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.25
  momentum:             1.882845188284518
  historical:           12.37250666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0605918/"
    handle:    "nm0605918"
sources:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "پاول مورلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Morley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Morley"
    title: "Paul Morley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Morley"
    title: "Paul Morley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Morley"
    title: "Paul Morley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Փոլ Մորլի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Morley"
    title: "Paul Morley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Morley"
    title: "Paul Morley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Морли, Пол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump